Combined shutter closer and fastener



(No Model.)

J. K. CHRISTY. COMBINED SHUTTER CLOSER AND FASTENER. No. 508,404.Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT] QFFICE.

JOHN K. CHRISTY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED SHUTTER CLOSER AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 508,404, dated November14, 1893.

Application filed June 9, 1893. Serial No. 477,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN K. OHRISTY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis,State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Shutter Closer andFastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of the specification, wherein like symbols of reference indicatelike parts wherever they occur, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view ofmy device in position, the drawing asa whole being a horizontalcross-section taken on the line 1-1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side view ofmy device in position, the drawing as a whole beinga verticalcross-section taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

' My invention relates to means for closing and fastening outsideshutters. It has for its object to provide means whereby the shutter maybe both conveniently closed and locked from the inside without raisingor opening the window.

The features of my invention reside first, in the combination of thepeculiarly shaped piece fastened to the shutter and the sliding ring bymeans of which the cord or wire is attached to this piece, thuspreventing a dead center of motion in the closing pull of the shutter,which would otherwise occur if the cord or wire were rigidly secured tothe piece fastened to the shutter, or to the shutter itself, when thepoint of attachment had revolved, with the shutter, to a point on a linebetween the center of the shutter hinge and the end of the aperturethrough which the cord or wire is passed to the interior of thebuilding; .second, in providing suitable means for securing the shutterfrom outside opening after it is closed. These objects I attainby theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, hereinafterdescribed, in which- A indicates the bracket piece fastened to theshutter S by means of screws or bolts 1).

B indicates a ring which slides freely upon the part a of the bracketpiece A. The part a is of circular section.

0 indicates a cord or wire fastened to, or

formed itself with a loop corresponding to, the

ring B, and also formed with a loop or ring a on the end inside thebuilding.

D indicates a hook or pin placed at a suitable distance over which thering 0 may he slipped to secure the shutter after closing.

H indicates the lower sash of the window preferably formed with a notchor recess h to accommodate the wire 0 therebeneath.

K indicates the inside sill of the window.

f indicates a flange or car on the piece A, providing means whereby thepiece as a whole may be secured, by the screws b to the shutter S.

R indicates the sub-sill.

T indicates a portion of the building.

1" indicates a recurved portion of the part a of the bracket piece A. 1

The operation of the device is as follows WVhen it is desired to closethe shutter, the ring or loop 0 is seized and a pull exerted inwardly onthe cord or wire 0. This pull will be transmitted by the ring B to thebracketframe A, and will tend to revolve the shutter and bracket frame,and also the ring B, in a circle, having as its center the center of thehinge s. The pull on the ring B however, tends to move the ring B in astraight line toward the recess h. The fact of the ring B beingslidingly mounted on the part a of the bracket-frame A, permits the ringto con stantly maintain a position which will keep up an effectiveinward or closing pull upon the shutter S, whereas, if the cord or wirewere rigidly secured to the shutter S, the pull would cease to beeffective when the point of fastcning to the shutter had reached a pointon a straight line between the center of the hinge s and the outer endof the recess h, and would only partially close the shutter. When theshutter S is open the recurved portion a" prevents the sliding-ring Rfrom approaching the pivot point of the hinge or shutter mounting,thereby maintaining the initial leverage at the beginning of the closingoperation.

After the shutter is closed the ring or loop 0 n1ay be passed over orhung on the hook or pin D, thus securely fastening-the shutter againstoutside opening. I

It is obvious thatthe shape of the shutterpiece A, the manner offastening said piece to the shutter, the method of forming the loops orrings B and D on the cord, wire or chain C, and other minor details maybe modified or changed to suitdifierentcircumstances without departingfrom the essential features of my invention. Consequently 1 do notdesire to confine myself to the exact construction and arrangement ofthe parts as shown in these drawings and described in thisspecification.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

In a shutter closer and fastener, the combination with the shutter, of abracket frame

